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31-TMSS-02, Rev. 0
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0
SCOPE
2.0
CROSS REFERENCES
3.0
4.0
General
Ratings
Enclosure
Circuit breakers
Dry type Transformer
Bus bars
Relay, Meters, Instruments & Contactors
Instrument Transformers
Raceways
Wiring and Terminal Blocks
External Cabling
Grounding
Nameplate
Device identification
Automatic Transfer Switching Scheme
5.0
TESTS
6.0
DATA SCHEDULE
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1.0
31-TMSS-02, Rev. 0
SCOPE
This SEC Transmission Material Standard Specification (TMSS) specifies the minimum
technical requirements for design, engineering, manufacture, inspection, testing and
performance of Auxiliary AC/DC Panels (indoor), intended to be used in the system of the
Saudi Electricity Company, Saudi Arabia.
2.0
CROSS REFERENCES
This Material Standard Specification shall always be read in conjunction with SEC General
Specification No. 01-TMSS-01, titled "General Requirements for All Equipment/Materials",
which shall be considered as an integral part of this TMSS.
This TMSS shall also be read in conjunction with SEC Purchase Order or Contract
Schedules for project, as applicable.
3.0
IEC 60044-1
3.2
IEC 60051
3.3
IEC 60073
3.4
IEC 60076-11
3.5
IEC 60439-1
3.6
IEC 60529
3.7
IEC 60616
3.8
IEC 60664
3.9
IEC 60947-1
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3.10
IEC 60947-2
3.11
ANSI/IEEE
C 57.12.01
3.12
ANSI/NFPA 70
3.13
40-TMSS-02
Meters
General arrangement
4.1.1
4.1.2
AC distribution board(s)/panel(s) shall be suitable for installation of 3phase, 4 wire system inside substation.
4.1.3
4.1.4
4.1.5
4.1.6
4.1.7
All panels shall be designed for front access with operating handle of
breaker/switches, meters, lamps etc. mounted on the front surface.
4.1.8
All panels shall be completely assembled, wired and tested at the factory.
4.1.9
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mounted or floor mounted depending upon the scheme and Scope of Work
/ Project Technical Specification, whereas floor mounted metering and low
voltage unit is preferred.
4.2
Ratings
Standard nominal AC and DC auxiliary voltages shall be as given below.
Table I
4.3
AC Auxiliary Voltage
L-L/L-N (Nominal)
(Vrms)
Operating
Range
DC auxiliary Voltage
Vdc
380/220
10%
125
220/127
10%
- 48
Operating
Range
101.5 to
136.3
- 42 to
- 56
Enclosure
4.3.1
4.3.2
4.3.3
4.3.4
4.3.5
Each compartment shall be provided with dedicated hinged front door with
handle and provision for a key/padlocking. The doors shall be provided
with gaskets to ensure dust and vermin proofing.
4.3.6
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4.3.7
4.3.8
4.3.9
4.3.10
4.3.11
The panel design shall ensure that the heat generated by various apparatus
mounted inside the panel shall not affect the performance of any of the
devices. Heat loss calculations shall be provided, if requested by SEC.
4.3.12
4.3.13
4.3.14
The main distribution panel may consist of one or more sections to form a
complete panel assembly. Each panel shall be provided with detachable
(bolted) side/end cover to facilitate future expansion.
4.3.15
4.3.16
All panels shall be designed for bottom cable entry through cable glands,
unless otherwise specified in the Data Schedule. For wall mounted panel
boards cable glands shall be provided on bottom as well as on top. All
cutouts, except cable gland cutout, shall be suitably gasketted for dust
proofing. All spare cutouts shall be covered with metal cover plates.
4.3.17
Floor mounted free standing panels shall have removable type lifting eyes
or lifting beams installed on top of the panels and shall be capable of being
rolled into installation position without distortion or damage. The panel
base shall be capable of withstanding such movement without distortion or
damage.
4.3.18
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4.3.19
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b.
A thermostatically controlled 127V, AC, single-phase anticondensation heater with overriding manual control shall be
provided within the panel. Switch for manual overriding shall be
located adjacent to the light switch. Space heater capacity shall be as
required to maintain the compartment and section internal
temperature above the dew point.
c.
d.
Circuit Breakers
4.4.1
General requirements
a.
b.
The circuit breaker shall be air type (ACB) and/or Moulded Case
(MCCB)/Miniature Circuit Breakers (MCB) type as specified
hereunder based upon their function:
i.
ii.
c.
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4.4.2
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
The contacts shall be heavy duty spring loaded type and shall be
silver plated.
l.
m.
n.
o.
p.
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i.
Service position
ii.
Test position
iii.
Withdrawn position
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Trolley with wheel brakes shall be provided for handling the ACBs
in withdrawn position. All auxiliary wiring shall be automatically
disconnected in the withdrawn position.
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b.
All main contacts shall be guaranteed for the life of the breaker. The
arcing contacts shall be removable and fitted with arc suppression
devices (arc chutes).
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
k.
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l.
m.
n.
Air circuit breakers shall be fitted with over current, short circuit and
earth fault protections.
o.
p.
q.
Voltage dropping resistors shall not be used in the trip coil and
closing coil circuits.
r.
s.
DC supply for spring charging motor, trip coil and closing coil shall
be 125Vdc.
t.
4.4.3
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Service position
Test position
Withdrawn position
b.
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for (-) 48V DC systems however, breakers shall be single pole and
shall be installed in the negative pole.
c.
All three phase AC MCCBs shall be equipped with over load, short
circuit and earth fault releases.
d.
e.
f.
Top position
Central position
Bottom position
ON
TRIPPED
OFF
4.5
4.6
4.5.2
The dry type transformer shall be free standing and preferably epoxy resin
encapsulated and housed in a steel tank with IP41 (per IEC 60529). Sound
level shall be less than 45db.
4.5.3
4.5.4
Busbars
4.6.1
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4.6.2
4.6.3
Busbars shall be rated and braced to withstand full available short circuit
current.
4.6.4
4.6.5
4.6.6
4.6.7
4.7.2
4.7.3
All relays shall have test terminal block facilities. Test facilities shall be
mounted on front of the rack.
4.7.4
4.7.5
4.7.6
Upper edge of protective relays and meters shall not be higher than 2.0m
to allow convenient maintenance, inspection, target reset and testing from
ground level.
4.7.7
The bottom of any relay or test block shall not be less than 300mm from
floor level.
4.7.8
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4.7.9
LED type indicators with current limiting series resistor shall be provided.
4.7.10
4.7.11
b.
c.
For Bus-tie breaker feeder one ammeter with phase selector switch.
d.
All AC meters shall be rated for 60Hz operation. All meters shall be
capable of withstanding long duration overloads up to 120% of the
rated electrical input quantity(ies) without affecting calibration. All
meters shall be provided with a zero adjustment accessible from
outside the case and located in the front. All meters shall be of flush
mounted type, direct reading, back connected, dust proof and switch
board type, having removable transparent dust tight window cover.
Accuracy class of ammeter and voltmeter shall be Class 1. The
scales for analogue meters shall preferably be circular type (240) for
easy readability. All meter faces (bezels) shall be 96mm 96mm.
Meters shall be analogue/digital.
e.
f.
g.
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4.8
4.9
4.10
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Instrument Transformers
4.8.1
4.8.2
4.8.3
4.8.4
4.8.5
4.8.6
Raceways
4.9.1
An adequate raceways system shall be provided for all wiring on each side
of each panel and between panels. Horizontal raceways for inter-panel and
front-to-rear panel wiring shall be provided as applicable.
4.9.2
4.9.3
4.9.4
4.9.5
The combined cross sectional area of all conductors or cables shall not
exceed 50% of the interior cross-sectional area of the raceways.
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All wiring within the panels shall be installed and tested at the factory
unless otherwise specified. All wiring used within the panels shall be heat
and flame retardant, rated for 90C maximum operating temperature, type
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For SCADA digital and analog input signals, SOE, Annunciator and
status/alarm signaling circuits wiring size shall not be less than 0.8mm2 up
to the first termination point, only if the associated device cannot
accommodate larger wire sizes. For SCADA Control Output Signals the
wiring size shall not be less than 1.5mm2.
4.10.3
All the wires shall be adequately rated for thermal withstand of short
circuit current, in accordance with back-up tripping time.
4.10.4
Wiring shall be made without splices. Where screw type terminals are
used, the control wires shall have solderless insulated O/ring type, tinplated copper crimp type terminal. Spade/fork type wire lugs shall not be
used.
4.10.5
4.10.6
CT circuits
Yellow
Alarm circuits
Blue
4.10.7
Ferruling
a.
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b.
c.
The finish of all ferrules shall be such that the color does not change
considerably with age and they shall be resistant to the accumulation
of dust.
d.
e.
All trip circuits shall be provided with red ferrule at the terminal
block.
Terminal blocks
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
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end of the wire shall be terminated on terminal block and other end
shall be bundled and tagged properly.
4.11
4.12
g.
h.
External Cabling
4.11.1
All external cabling to floor mounted panels shall be brought to the panel
from bottom, unless otherwise specified.
4.11.2
4.11.3
Cabling shall enter the panel through suitable cable gland to prevent
contact with sharp metal edges.
4.11.4
4.11.5
Provisions shall be made for the connection of all power cables including
proper terminal connectors or lugs, clamps, or terminations. The location
of the power cable connections shall be arranged to
a.
b.
c.
4.11.6
Terminal lugs for power cables shall be suitable for use with copper or
aluminum conductor material.
4.11.7
All terminal lugs for power cables shall be of bolted type with two
crimping element per lug.
Grounding
4.12.1
4.12.2
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4.13
4.12.3
Two (2) solderless ground connectors shall be provided on the ground bus,
one on each end section of the bus for connection to the station grounding
system. The ground connectors shall be suitable for bare stranded copper
ground conductor of 120mm2.
4.12.4
4.12.5
All hinged doors and panels shall be properly grounded with minimum
6mm2 copper braids at least two different locations.
4.12.6
4.12.7
Draw out carriage of all removable elements shall have a direct ground
connection with the panel ground bus through suitable flexible or pressure
sliding contact type connections designed to carry the rated fault current
for the rated duration.
Nameplate
4.13.1
4.13.2
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b.
c.
d.
e.
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Device identification
4.14.1
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4.14.2
4.14.3
The devices mounted on the front door shall also bear an identification tag
from inside.
4.15.2
For AC system
a.
b.
The scheme shall also have provision for manual operation which
shall be achieved by manual live changeover scheme incorporating a
three (3) position selector switch to trip the desired selection without
by passing the protection requirements of automatic sensing and
disconnection of faulty section.
c.
d.
e.
f.
DC System
An Auto Transfer Scheme (ATS) shall be provided in case of a DC system
with three chargers. The third charger acts as standby with automatic
changeover in the event of failure of either of the remaining two chargers.
In the Main DC distribution board each DC bus shall have a circuit breaker
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at the charger incomer. In the event of failure of any one charger, its
supply to the respective DC bus shall trip automatically and the standby
charger shall take over the load of that faulty charger immediately. For this
purpose ATS shall receive a charger failure signal from the charger panel.
On restoration of the faulty charger the changeover shall be manual only.
Both the breakers of the standby charger feeding two DC buses shall not
be ON at any given time.
5.0
TESTS
All the tests shall be carried out in accordance with IEC 60439 or equivalent ANSI. The test
results shall be provided to SEC for review and approval.
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
Special tests
Functional checks of the complete panel shall be performed in the factory against the
Approved Vendor Drawings and as per this standard requirement. All circuits &
Wiring shall be tested with simulated functional condition for proper operation.
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86 T1:G / X1:2
X 1:2
X 1:3
86T1
FT1:1 / X1:3
FT-1
5 6
X1
1
X1:2 / 86T1:G
X1:3 / FT-1:1
X1:2 / X1:3
X1:3 / X1:2
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6.0
DATA SCHEDULE
Date:
Date:
DESCRIPTION
Dead front
end/Multicubicle
assembly
Floor/Wall
Rating
Auxiliary power supply voltage (Vac)
Operating range
Auxiliary power supply voltage (Vdc)
Operating range
4.3
'C'
4.1
4.2
'B'
4.0
'A'
10 %
*
Enclosure
For AC system
Panel dimensions (mm)
Width
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DATA SCHEDULE
REFERENCE
SECTION NO.
4.0
DESCRIPTION
'A'
'B'
'C'
*
*
For DC system
Panel dimensions (mm)
Width
Depth
Height
*
*
*
Degree of protection
IP41
*
*
Circuit Breakers
No. of outgoing AC circuits of
Main Distribution Panel
Sub Distribution Panel
Air Circuit Breakers (ACB)
ACB make
ACB type
Country of Manufacture
Catalogue No.
Nominal Rating (V)
Amp. Capacity (A)
*
*
*
*
*
*
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*
*
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DATA SCHEDULE
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SECTION NO.
DESCRIPTION
'A'
'B'
'C'
Fuses provided?
Fuse type
Catalogue No
*
*
*
Closing coil
Rated voltage (Vdc)
VA burden
Operating range (Vdc)
*
*
*
Tripping coil
Rated voltage (Vdc)
VA burden
Operating range (Vdc)
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Yes/No
*
*
Trip
Number of NO contacts
Number of NC contacts
Yes/No
*
*
Yes/No
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SECTION
NO.
4.4
DESCRIPTION
'A'
'B'
'C'
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
Operating Mechanism
(Mechanical/Electrical)
*
*
Yes/No
*
*
Trip
Number of NO contacts
Number of NC contacts
Yes/No
*
*
*
*
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SECTION NO.
4.4
DESCRIPTION
MCB type
Country of Manufacture
Catalogue No.
*
*
*
'C'
15/20
15/20
*
*
*
Yes/No
*
*
4.6
'B'
4.5
'A'
*
*
*
*
*
Dyn11
Busbars
Rated voltage (V)
AC voltage (Vrms)
DC voltage (Vdc)
Current (A)
Short time current for 1 sec. (kA)
Size of busbar (mm mm)
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*
*
*
*
*
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'A'
'B'
'C'
Busbars (Continued)
Number of busbars
Material of busbar
4.7
*
*
Yes/No
*
*
Yes/No
Yes/No
Yes/No
Relays
Make
Type
*
*
AC Meters
KWH meter
Range
Make
*
*
AC Ammeter
Range
Make
Accuracy Class
*
*
1
AC Voltmeter
Range
Make
Accuracy Class
*
*
1
*
Date of Approval: May 30, 2006
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SECTION NO.
4.7
DESCRIPTION
Make
Accuracy Class
*
1
DC Voltmeter
Range
Make
Accuracy Class
*
*
1
DC Voltmeter
Range
Make
Accuracy Class
4.10
'C'
*
*
1
*
*
1
Instrument Transformers
CT secondary rating (A)
5A / 1A
Accuracy Class
Metering
Protection
0.5
*
'B'
Relays (Continued)
4.8
'A'
Grounding
Size of copper ground bus (mm mm)
Type of ground clamp or Conductor
Size of ground conductor (mm2)
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*
*
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DATA SCHEDULE
A.
B.
B.
Actual Manufacturer
of Equipment/Material
FEATURES
PROPOSED
BY
Vendor/Supplier/
Contractor
Official Seal/Stamp
of the Company &
Date
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